Elisiv of Kiev

Elisiv of Kiev (1025-1067) was Queen Consort of Norway from 1045 to 1067 with King Harald Hardrada.

Biography
Elisiv of Kiev was born in 1025, the daughter of Yaroslav the Wise of Kievan Rus and Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden. In 1043, she married Harald Hardrada, a claimant to the throne of Norway who was in the service of the Kievan Rus while in exile. She followed Harald to Norway in 1045 when he claimed the throne, and she accompanied him on the failed invasion of England in 1066. She died a year later, in 1067.